Rent Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
3.8 of 5 from 65 ratings
1h 32min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Embittered ex-cop Dave Burke (Ed Begley) enlists ruthless killer Earle Slater (Robert Ryan, The Dirty Dozen) and gambling musician Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte) to rob an upstate New York bank. Trouble unfolds however when, fuelled by racist hatred, Earle clashes with Johnny and the planned heist spirals into chaos, leading to a violent climactic confrontation With its exceptional jazz score, acerbic social commentary and atmospheric visual style, 'Odds Against Tomorrow' is a high point in the film noir canon, and one of the most important films of its era to address racism.
- Actors:
- Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Will Kuluva, Kim Hamilton, Mae Barnes, Richard Bright, Carmen De Lavallade, Lew Gallo, Lois Thorne, wayne Rogers, Zohra Lampert, Allen Nourse, William Adams, Chris Barbery, Ron Becks, Mary Boylan, Eric Burroughs
- Directors:
- Robert Wise
- Producers:
- Robert Wise
- Writers:
- William P. McGivern, Abraham Polonsky, Nelson Gidding, John O. Killens
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/04/2009
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- English
- Subtitles:
- None
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/10/2016
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Odds Against Tomorrow post-screening Q&A with Harry Belafonte (2009, 50 mins): an in-depth interview filmed at the Noir City: Chicago film festival
- Adrian Wootton on Odds Against Tomorrow (2016, 30 mins): a newly filmed appreciation
- The Guardian Interview: Robert Wise at the National Film Theatre (1995, 74 mins): a career-spanning onstage interview
- The John Player Lecture: Robert Ryan at the National Film Theatre (1969, 63 mins, audio only): the actor talks at length about his craft
